Quotes About Empowerment

Beware of losing your way, for you are one of the few who are truly free to choose their own fate.

It is far better to be taught to think critically and then be allowed to make your own decisions than to have someone else's notions thrust upon you.

do not let anyone's disapproval dictate your actions.

Don't let anyone's disapproval dictate your actions.

They do not care if they are trapped or not, for we cannot hurt them.

I'd rather struggle and fail on my own than be coddled as a slave.

Then you ought to know you can't offload responsibility on someone else. You have to be able to take care of yourself when shit goes down.

You are only a cripple if you consider yourself one. You must remain optimistic for a negative outlook is more of a handicap than any physical injury.

If you wish to remain above the forces here, do not let anyone's disapproval dictate your actions.

Christopher Paul Curtis

one could not attain greater personal excellence without also paving the way for everyone else in society to attain it as well.

A person is limited by his conception of himself, nothing more. If you really knew who you were, you could stop the sun from rising tomorrow.

When an entire group of people come together and try to make some kind of identity out of what they don't have, they usually end up convincing themselves they can do whatever they damn well please.

She leaned her head to one side of the pillow to meet her son's eyes. Never give into them, she whispered. No matter what they do or how important you feel it is to get their acceptance. Never kill part of yourself for them. Because other people will notice that part is missing before you do.

You can leave. You just don't want to. And the more you give in to that urge, the more you'll come to believe the lies you're telling yourself about what you are and aren't capable of.

To an outsider, building a school before there was a medical clinic, or someone to deal with the problems of hunger and homelessness, was illogical, but Farmer and Lafontant understood that the school meant hope and empowerment.

Paul is the model of what should be done. He's not a model for how it has to be done. Let's celebrate him. Let's make sure people are inspired by him. But we can't say anybody should or could be just like him. He added, Because if the poor have to wait for a lot of people like Paul to come along before they get good health care, they are totally fucked.

The central belief of liberation theology - to provide a preferential option for the poor...providing medicine in the places that needed it the most...

Charity is scraps from the table, social justice is a seat at the table, and remember, we want a seat.

Relationship management is your ability to use your awareness of your own emotions and those of others to manage interactions successfully.

Transparency and openness also make people feel like they are trusted, respected, and connected to their organization—instead of being told what to do and kept in the dark.

My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks. I will not resign myself to the usual lot of women who bow their heads and become concubines.

Because you make lesbian fist-fucking videos," he said.

si no se confía en que una mujer tome decisiones sobre su propio cuerpo, ¿cómo se la puede ver como autónoma en lo que respecta al resto de su vida?